Córdoba: a baby was admitted with a fork stuck in his head

04/06/2021 2:56 PM

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Updated 04/06/2021 2:56 PM

The news caused a commotion in the Children's Hospital of the city of Córdoba.

An eight-month-old baby was admitted this Tuesday with

a fork embedded in his skull

, for which he had to undergo emergency surgery.

His 18-year-old older brother was detained.

The minor was taken by his mother to the dispensary in the Ferrer neighborhood of the Cordovan capital on the morning of this Tuesday.

But, given the seriousness of his situation, he

had to be transferred

by ambulance to the Children's Hospital.

In statements to the

El Doce

channel

, Juan Ledesma, director of that health center, said that the operation was successful and gave details of the situation.

"Luckily [the fork] 

did not touch noble areas

, it came in very good general condition upon admission," said the specialist, who confirmed that the baby is currently in critical condition in the intensive care room.

"We must continue to monitor the evolution of a critical patient, due to the characteristics of the incident and the neurosurgery that occurred," said the doctor.

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"We hope it has an excellent evolution,"

said Ledesma, who said he did not know how the object ended up on the boy's head.

The forensic experts and the Justice are currently working to determine the circumstances of the event. 

However, police sources revealed to

La Voz del Interior

that

a brother of the baby was arrested

for the attack

.

Apparently, the young man threw the utensil during an argument with his mother, and the cutlery ended up stuck in the baby's left temporoparietal area.

The striking fact is that

the young man had been released from jail this Tuesday

, for which he was arrested again in a few hours.

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